Re: webcam not recognised ubuntu 64-bit 10.04 LTS

Peter Robinson <[email protected]> Fri, 02 Dec 2011 20:45:54 +1300
Newsgroups gmane.org.user-groups.linux.new-zealand.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
On 02/12/11 16:37, Robin Paulson wrote:
> On Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:20:56 +1300, Peter Robinson wrote:
>> I've been helping a friend (via email) in an attempt to set up a new
>> Logitech C270 webcam with his ubuntu box.
>>
>>
>> https://wiki.ubuntu.com/HardwareSupportComponentsMultimediaWebCamerasLogitech 
>>
>> suggests that it should work ok.
>>
>> Have installed cheese as an experiment - no live streaming.
>>
>> Expected the device ID for this webcam to be 046d:0825 so tried
>>
>> dmesg | grep 046d:0825
>>
>> which did not yield any clues.
>>
>> The system appears not to recognise the new device when it's plugged
>> into a known good USB port.   Device not listed in output of lsusb.
>> No relevant entries at all in syslog or kern.log - any other logs that
>> should be checked?   Would you expect to see some sort of attempt at
>> communication in the logs, even if it's to indicate that the
>> communication has failed?
>
> what does dmesg give you, immediately after it's plugged in?
>

Very odd, I've been told that no entries are added to the output of 
dmesg as a result of plugging it in.   The webcam must be faulty?



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